Alice nor Polnareff spoke of what had just transpired as she got off of him and help him up, her glaring at him and he was looking away, unable to hide his blush. He only looked back, seeing the small cut on her cheek from his stand's blade and his hand moved, gently cusping her jawline as his thumb wiped the blood away. His eyes were transfixed with her lips as he looked at them in a tender manner. He found himself leaning in to give her a kiss, completely missing the ever-growing enraged look in her eyes before he felt the swift kick to his "Eifel Tower". He let her go quickly to cusp his crotch as he slid to his knees, comically tearing up as he choked out, "I-I was just trying to wipe away the damage I did to you, Mada-", but Alice cut him off, "W-With what, your LIPS?! Jesus CHRIST, Polnareff, think with the head on your shoulders for once! Also, stop calling me that!". What he didn't see, however, was that her face had went bright red. She would never have admitted it, but for a split second, the tender look in his eyes, the way he held her so delicately, the sweet gesture of wiping away the blood from the small nick on her cheek, it had made her heart skip a beat. On perfect timing, the rest of the group joined up with them and Alice explained away that they had fought a stand user.
They continued on their journey, stopping once more so that the whiny French man could use the restroom. Alice scoffed at his overdramatic display, comparing him to a child. A man, not that far away, smirked at this comparison before ducking into the shadows. A bit passed and Polnareff had not returned, so she went to look for him as she too, had to use the restroom. She went to the last place she saw him in and a small, nude, child with buck teeth and all-too-familiar-silver hair ran up to her with a scared look on his face. "M-Miss, please, turn around and run, before-", but a creepy, older man's voice spoke up as they snatched the nude child, "got 'cha!". Alice attempted to summon her stand, but the creepy man's smile only grew as she felt herself begin to shrink. She stumbled back, tripping up on her own clothing now as the little boy got out of the creepy man's grasp and took her by the hand, pulling her away as they both ran now. "W-Wat's happenin'?!", Alice choked out of shock. She had regressed back to when she was no older then five. Her short hair had grown out and was straight again and her front teeth had become buck teeth once more. "Dunno, gotta keep away from the creepy man cuz he wanna hurt us!", the boy said with a worried look. "Why you nakkie?", she asked, looking confused at the boy. "No time, keep runnin'!", the boy proclaimed before pulling both of them into a small cabnet they hid in. She tried to remember why she had come to this place, but her mind was regressing as well. "I need tah fwind my fwiend!", she said in a shout-whisper to the boy. He shushed her, but she said, ignoring him, "no no, ish impor-tan'! He big, uh, got funny hair wike ju, he Frenchie like tah fries, but nawt cuz he's notta fry!". She giggled at her joke and the boy promptly put a hand over her mouth as the creepy man ran past them, not suspecting them being in such a small closet. "We gotta run on tah count of three, one, two, uhhh-", but the door to the cabnet flew open as the creepy man known as Alessi shouted with a twisted glee, "THREE!~", before snatching them both up. Alice kicked and shouted for an adult as young Polnareff kicked and tried to squirm his way outta Alessi's arms. Alice, being the younger and more immature person she was at that moment, promptly BIT Alessi's arm, making him let got of both of them to swat at Alice. Alice ducked and took young Polnareff's hand before running with him once more away from Alessi. "We gotta fwind mah fwiend, he can pwotect ush! He big and stwong and got a knight-fwiend tat come fome him that's supa fast and gotta cool swowd!", Alice said in a determined manner as she darted up the stairs with young Polnareff in tow. Young Polnareff, though still regressing mentally, was surprised her description somewhat fit him. "I'm not big, but I gotta knight-fwiend! Wanna see 'em?!", the boy said excitedly as his stand appeared. Alice stopped and gasped in surprise upon seeing the mini stand. She took Young Polnareff's other hand and said with an amazed look in her eyes, "He'sh swo cool!~". He nodded and said, pulling her ahead now, "Ah know, but we gotta keeps goin or else the creepy man will get ush!". Soon enough, they had not where to go as they were on the top floor. Alessi had caught up to them and he was going to grab them both when Young Polnareff used his stand to knock Alessi out the window. Both climbed to the window sill and saw Jotaro face off against Alessi, calling out for him to run away when Jotaro started to regress. However, Jotaro promptly knocked Alessi out. Upon loosing consciousness, his stand's ability wore off and in a puff of smoke, all three returned to normal. Alice was still holding Polnareff's hand when the two looked at their intertwined hands then another, both blushing before Alice quickly attempted to cover herself up and turned around, being highly embarressed. Polnareff was also embarressed as his stand quickly retrieved their clothes and he turned around to change. He still remembered what transpired, feeling a bit prideful that she would describe him like that. Alice's thoughts remained on the embaressing fact they were both naked and holding hands and that she had let it slip that she thought Silver Chariot was cool. She didn't make a big deal out of it, if anything, she didn't even try to hit him as she walked out. In a sense, her embarrassment made her feel that lashing out at him would only stir things up between them.
The group continued on their trip, gaining a new member that brought out Alice's softer side as she cooed and dotted over the baby they had picked up. She ignored the baby had fangs, blowing it off as it's first teeth as she cooed, "Awwww, does dah babwey wanna num-num?", giving them some food during the plane ride. The baby played along and accepted the pudding she had with her. Suddenly, Polnareff was freaking out in his sleep, kicking and screaming incoherently and Kakyoin seemed terrified in his sleep as well, but not to that extent. Polnareff's kicking caused the crash to occur and Alice didn't let him forget it that night. She kept the baby closed and dotted on it still, throwing a glare Polnareff's way before Kakyoin woke up from his dream in a panic and claimed the baby was a stand user. Obviously, he had lost his damn mind! A baby as a stand user?! He was soon knocked out just as he had summoned Hierophant Green and was promptly put to bed. Everyone soon went to bed and drifted off into their collective waking nightmare. Alice was the last to sit up from her sleeping bag, do in part to her being the last one to fall asleep, to find she was in an amusement park. She got up, looking around a bit confused before she rushed to find the rest ensnared in the dream. "Lali HO!~ Seems I forgot a dotting ditz!", Death 13 said with a bit of harshness in his voice as it snapped it's fingers. A puddle appeared before Alice and all color left her face as she saw in the reflection the image of her dead brother. Tears came to her eyes as she sunk to her knees, shaking softly as she could tear her eyes away from the image. She choked out in a soft, broken whisper as her tears began to fall down her cheeks, "B-big brother. . . . . ". Death 13 chuckled before saying in a mocking manner, "Awww, is somewone bwig bwotha deadew ten a doow knob?". Alice's face changed from broken to enraged as she lunged to punch Death 13, screaming as she did, "DON'T YOU DARE FUCK WITH ME ABOUT THIS, YOU LITTLE SHIT!". She landed shakily on her feet, into the same puddle as a decaying hand, belong to the mirage of her brother, grabbed her by the throat and pulled her under, trying to keep her there. She was use to this sort of dream, so she didn't struggle. Instead, she focused on letting her breath out in small bubbles as she prayed the others would get them all out of the dream. The pressure on her neck was hard to keep her exhale consistant and she soon felt the chill of death coming for her. Just as she was going to let out the rest of her breath, she awoke from the dream, spitting out what water she had in her lungs. It quickly dried up, since it was morning, before she became coherent once more. No one seemed to remember the dream, save for Kakyoin and herself. He confronted her on it right away. "You ok?", he asked with some concern. She noded, "I'm fine. He unknowingly tapped into a nightmare I have regularly, so that's good". Kakyoin looked concerned at her as he stated a bit shocked, "Being drowned by your dead older brother is a constant nightmare you have?!". She gave him an empty smile as she said, "Yep, ever since he died. I've tried to rationalize it to my subconscious being tortured by his unsolved murder and placing the blame upon myself for making him leave so early for work that day. You see, we had a stupid fight over something trivial, so stupid in fact I can't remember but-", she would let out an empty, choked up laugh as tears sprung to her eyes and she covered them, continuing her story, "I ended up telling him I hated him. I was mad at the time and the last thing I ended up telling him was that I hated him and he just smiled and told me to have a good day. I. . . . . I wish I could go back and take it all back. He liked my hair long, he said it reminded him of Mom's, but until I put his soul to rest b y finding his killer," she moved her hands away from her eyes, showing she was crying as she ran her finger's absentmindedly through her hair to try to calm herself, "I won't let my hair grow out. It's my promise to my big brother that I keep". Kakyoin, not knowing how else to comfort her, pulled her into a hug, letting her break down and cry about it. What neither of them had known was that Polnareff had silently overheard her story. His eyes were wide with surprise and he felt a twinge in his heart as he looked to Alice. In that moment, he felt a kinship in his pain with her.